Ghiglieri, Sapienza set records at district

NORTH BEND — Cascade Christian's Aaron Ghiglieri and Breanna Sapienza had record-setting performances and the Phoenix boys and girls produced a strong showing with third-place finishes in the team standings at the nine-school District 4 Swim Championships Saturday at North Bend Municipal Pool.

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Posted Feb. 12, 2012 at 12:25 AM
Updated Feb 12, 2012 at 12:33 AM

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Updated Feb 12, 2012 at 12:33 AM

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NORTH BEND — Cascade Christian's Aaron Ghiglieri and Breanna Sapienza had record-setting performances and the Phoenix boys and girls produced a strong showing with third-place finishes in the team standings at the nine-school District 4 Swim Championships Saturday at North Bend Municipal Pool.

Ghiglieri, a senior, lowered the record times he set in Friday's preliminaries in the 200-yard individual medley and 100 butterfly. Ghiglieri won the 200 IM with a mark of 1 minute, 54.64 seconds and the 100 fly in 50.14.

Sapienza also lowered her district mark in the 100 fly with a time of 55.34. The Challenger sophomore won the 50 free in 24.51 but was slower than her record time in the prelims of 24.30.

The Cottage Grove boys won the team title and the Challenger boys placed fifth. In girls, Henley was the team winner, while Cascade Christian finished eighth.

Sophomore Alyse Darnall won one individual event and finished second in another and set two school records in the process for defending Class 4A/3A state champion Phoenix. Darnell captured the 200 IM with a time of 2:17.95 and was runner-up in the 500 freestyle (5:23.32).

"Alyse's IM was amazing," Phoenix coach Jim Heath said. "It was three seconds under the school record."

Kylee Burks, another Phoenix sophomore, picked up a victory in the 100 backstroke in a personal-best time of 1:07.67.

The Phoenix girls 400 freestyle relay team was also victorious with Darnall, Burks, Olivia Sanchez and Arin Fitch. The Pirates' time of 3:56.50 was a little more than a second faster than second-place Henley.

Jeoff Underwood was the Pirates' only boys winner. The Phoenix senior set a school record in the 100 backstroke prelims and posted a faster time (56.25) in the finals.

"Our depth helped," said Heath. "We had a lot of kids in the top 12, which is where you score. We certainly exceeded our expectations."

ASHLAND BOYS SECOND — At Bend, the Ashland boys placed second and had one individual winner in a District 1 swim meet dominated by Summit at Juniper Pool.

Gus Simms, a junior, won the 100-yard butterfly in 53.45 seconds to give the Grizzlies their only first-place finish on the day, as top-seeded Kai Staal settled for second in the 100 backstroke (1:02.00) and third in the 50 freestyle (21.23).

Summit won the boys team title with 542 points, well ahead of second-place Ashland's 414, and the girls team title with 521 to second-place Bend's 423.

Simms also placed second in the 500 freestyle (5:02.93) and, along with Staal, helped Ashland's 200 freestyle relay team take third (1:32.42).

Senior Sheralyn Shumway led the Ashland girls, placing third in the 50 freestyle (25.82), fifth in the 100 freestyle (57.02) and swimming the final leg for the Grizzlies' third-place 200 freestyle relay team (1:45.63).

NORTH MEDFORD 10, CRATER 4 — Wyatt Spence scored four goals, Zach Lillman had three and North Medford advanced to the semifinals of the Southern Oregon League championships at The RRRink.

The Black Tornado (5-10) won another elimination earlier in the day when Lillman scored with 55 seconds to go in overtime to beat Klamath Falls, 4-3. The wins earned the Tornado a semifinal date with South Medford at 9 a.m. today, also at The RRRink, with the winner slated to play for the tournament title at 3 p.m.

Also against Crater, North Medford freshman Mikaen Magee scored his first two goals of the season and also had an assist, while goalie Calvinn Casaday had 29 saves.

For Crater, J.R. Keyser and Dustin Gomez had two goals apiece.

North Medford 1 5 4 — 10

Crater 1 1 2 — 4

WILLAMETTE VALLEY 4, SOUTH MEDFORD 3, OT — Justin Stoner scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, to lift Willamette Valley past South Medford in the Southern Oregon League championships at The RRRink.

Ryan Lund netted two goals and Cy Jenson scored a goal for South Medford, which jumped out to a 2-1 lead before Willamette Valley rallied with two goals in the third period.

Lund's second goal tied the match at 3 with 5:47 remaining in the third period.

Jake Sexton had two assists and Justin Weber, Tucker Hasse and Kevin Dickson added one apiece for the Panthers.